Kurt Rambis vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Kurt Rambis, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Kurt Rambis played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Kurt Rambis had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Bill Russell had his rookie season in 1956-57. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kurt Rambis	14	9	1981-82 to 1994-95
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1981-82	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	64	17.7	4.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.2	2.6	1.8	3.6	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.8	.504
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	14	19.9	5.9	2.3	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.4	2.4	4.6	.516	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.615
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508


Season 2
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1982-83	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	78	23.2	7.5	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.0	5.3	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.687
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	15	25.1	7.5	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	3.4	3.0	5.3	.570	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.657
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606


Season 3
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1983-84	1958-59
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	47	15.8	3.6	1.7	3.9	5.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.3	1.3	2.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.636
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	21	20.4	6.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.9	4.4	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.636
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612


Season 4
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1984-85	1959-60
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	82	19.7	5.2	2.0	4.4	6.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	2.2	4.0	.554	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.660
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	19	19.7	6.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.7	2.5	4.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.679
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707


Season 5
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1985-86	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	74	21.3	5.5	2.1	4.9	7.0	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.7	2.2	3.6	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.721
Bill Russell	78	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	14	19.1	4.8	1.9	4.1	5.9	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	1.9	3.2	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.722
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523


Season 6
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1986-87	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	78	19.4	5.7	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.6	2.1	4.0	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.764
Bill Russell	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	17	12.6	4.6	0.9	3.0	3.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	1.4	2.4	.585	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.912
Bill Russell	14	48.0	22.4	-	-	26.4	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.3	18.1	.458	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.726


Season 7
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1987-88	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	70	12.1	4.0	1.5	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.5	2.7	.548	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.785
Bill Russell	78	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	19	9.8	2.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.1	1.8	.618	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.692
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661


Season 8
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1988-89	1963-64
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	75	29.8	11.1	3.6	5.8	9.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.4	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.734
Bill Russell	78	44.6	15.0	-	-	24.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.8	.433	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	45.1	13.1	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.2	.356	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	.552


Season 9
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1989-90	1964-65
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	74	25.7	6.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.8	1.4	0.5	1.4	2.8	2.6	5.0	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.646
Bill Russell	78	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	16	24.1	4.2	2.4	5.3	7.7	1.4	0.5	0.5	1.1	3.2	1.5	3.4	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.679
Bill Russell	12	46.8	16.5	-	-	25.2	6.3	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	12.5	.527	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526


Season 10
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1990-91	1965-66
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	62	14.5	3.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.706
Bill Russell	78	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	4	13.3	1.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Russell	17	47.9	19.1	-	-	25.2	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	15.4	.475	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.618


Season 11
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1991-92	1966-67
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	28	13.6	3.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.4	2.9	.463	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.778
Bill Russell	81	40.7	13.3	-	-	21.0	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.9	10.7	.454	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	9	43.3	10.6	-	-	22.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	3.4	9.6	.360	-	-	-	3.7	5.8	.635


Season 12
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1992-93	1967-68
Team	Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	72	11.4	2.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.9	1.8	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.662
Bill Russell	78	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	19	45.7	14.4	-	-	22.8	5.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	12.7	.409	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	.585


Season 13
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1993-94	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	50	12.7	3.3	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.2	2.3	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.648
Bill Russell	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506


Season 14
	Kurt Rambis	Bill Russell
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	26	7.5	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	.514	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.667
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kurt Rambis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kurt Rambis vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Kurt Rambis, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14